Ebola round 2
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Hello; I saw a televised report some time back about how passenger planes are cleaned. As I recall the turnaround between flights may be as little as thirty minutes so some things are changed out, but little more than a quick surface cleaning is done. There may be several flights by the same airplane each day. I think there is a more general cleaning about once a day during a routine service. New covers may be put on the pillows but the pillows are not cleaned or changed as I recall. The blankets were pretty much reported to only be folded and put in their place. If a plane is out of service for some mechanical repair there can be a more thorough cleaning. These recollections should be checked out to see if any new procedures are now in place.
Another thing that seemed a bit unsettling to me was how the cabin air is handled. The cabin air has to be pressurized as the plane gains altitude. The way I recall it was described is that they bleed some pressurized air from the compressor turbines of the engines. The air is circulated over and over thru the cabin. I recall that the air filters are nothing special and do not filter very small stuff. Also that the pressurized air has a small amount of oil included when bleeds off the engine. Again this should also be re-checked for accuracy. According to the current guidelines the cabin air has nothing to do with transmission of Ebola.
Another thing that seemed a bit unsettling to me was how the cabin air is handled. The cabin air has to be pressurized as the plane gains altitude. The way I recall it was described is that they bleed some pressurized air from the compressor turbines of the engines. The air is circulated over and over thru the cabin. I recall that the air filters are nothing special and do not filter very small stuff. Also that the pressurized air has a small amount of oil included when bleeds off the engine. Again this should also be re-checked for accuracy. According to the current guidelines the cabin air has nothing to do with transmission of Ebola.
An ambulance driver in Liberia dealing with Ebola victims. Ebola has killed more than 200 doctors, nurses and other health care workers. They have an extremely hazardous job.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/17/w...beria-is-a-busy-and-lonely-business.html?_r=1
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/17/w...beria-is-a-busy-and-lonely-business.html?_r=1
http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/16/health/us-ebola/index.html?c=homepage-t
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Hello; Yes!!
I lost count while reading the link. Anyone able to get a count of possible exposures to date?
One thing for sure, we will have an idea of how hard or easy this virus is to catch in a week or three.
Great! A semi-local man(In Georgetown, Texas(Just a few miles up from me)) Was on the same plane as the Nurse. He has placed himself and his family into isolation until he can be tested.
Oh great. On the flight to Cleveland were a bunch of nurses who had attended a conference in Dallas. Here's more about the 70+ workers having to stay home now......after working with and treating who knows how many people at the hospital.
http://news.yahoo.com/texas-health-workers-receiving-orders-stay-home-230914836.html
http://news.yahoo.com/texas-health-workers-receiving-orders-stay-home-230914836.html
Yea, Both my Mother and Father live in Georgetown.
My mother works at a 7-11, so she has alot of contact with people.
Hello; Good luck to you and all of yours. Let us hope the thing actually is hard to catch. Time for some serious consideration of preventive measures for any of us as the exposed can be most anywhere.
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